Editorial

15:17 JST, July 26, 2025

Voter interest in the House of Councillors election seemed to have been piqued by closely felt topics, such as how to deal with high prices, and by the strong sense that voters would be choosing a ruling party.

Voter turnout in the election was 58.51%, up 6.46 percentage points from the last election three years ago. In recent times, voter turnout has been poor, falling below 50% in the 1995 and 2019 elections.

For the latest upper house election, there were concerns that voter turnout would drop because election day fell in the middle of a three-day holiday, but in the end, voters came out at the third highest in the past three decades.

It is believed that the record 6,905 early voting sites that were set up by municipalities in front of train stations and in shopping malls, as well as at other........

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